Tweet “Running is easy! Just put one foot in front of the other over and over again.” We’ve all heard it from our non-runner friends. And they couldn’t be more wrong. Running is a highly complex motion involving the entire body. If you lack the coordination, flexibility, and athleticism to run efficiently then you’re not [...]
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Tweet You didn’t think I’d host a Minimalist Running Blog Carnival and not add my own post, did you?! Of course not. To cap off this week’s focus on minimalism, I recorded a video looking at my own minimalist running shoes and the casual shoes I wear. Each shoe in the lineup offers different characteristics [...]
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Tweet Since Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run, the running community has embraced minimalism and barefoot running. It’s not a fad or a passing trend – it’s here to stay. And for good reason: wearing less shoe can help you refine your running form, improve your efficiency, reduce the risk of injury, and make running more [...]
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Tweet Last week as I was completing my long run, I ran by about a hundred other runners in Rock Creek Park. I’m a nerdy guy, so I was evaluating their stride rate, foot strike, pace per mile, and arm carriage. Then I started to pay attention to what they were wearing – the typical [...]
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Tweet The alarm goes off at 5AM; you feel like you haven’t slept at all. It’s raining outside. The treadmills are all taken. Your friends are planning a big party the night before your scheduled long run. Running has its challenges, especially when life gets in the way. Do you go back to sleep, skip [...]
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Tweet Strength Runners – I am excited to announce that we now have a Facebook page! Just in case you need another way to hang out with me, Strength Running, and even more awesome training advice. Having this page up allows me another way to interact with my readers and fellow runners. Some people like [...]
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Tweet The last major injury I had was a severe illiotibial band (IT Band) injury after the New York City Marathon in 2008. I took 9 days off from running after the race and then started to slowly run a little bit, only to have sharp pain on the outside of my left knee. I couldn’t [...]
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Tweet Every month on Strength Running I give an overview of my monthly training. Unlike a lot of other running sites out there, I walk the walk and am frequently in a high-volume training cycle. If you want to see what my day to day training looks like, you can friend me on Daily Mile. [...]
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Jason Fitzgerald is a 2:39 marathoner, USATF-certified coach, and author of 101 Simple Ways to be a Better Runner.
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